When the full band is gigging, not so much. I'm also in a smaller group where it's just a singer/songwriter/guitar player, and me. I went to her house on Sunday, and we played for about 5 hours. We get together about twice a month. So there's that.

When I record I'm usually alone (well as alone as one can be in a dining room attached to a kitchen, where my *cough* studio is set up... love it when the GF decides to start doing dishes mid-solo), but once in a while people will be over and I'll ham it up a bit more than when I'm by myself.

I do love taking my nylon acoustic out to a meadow, or a nice shady spot in the woods though. It's kind of spiritual.

Mostly I play - or better practice alone.

In general, all piano pieces I play currently are for solo piano.
However I do enjoy accompanying and I've played some piece for four hands.

My main instrument is the recorder. I often play solos but I use to play a duet with my sister or a teacher once in a while.
As well I'm a member in 2 ensembles and I like playing with guitar students, too.

I think it would be fun to get together with other musicians to jam...
that's not so common here, though things can always change!

What if Jimmy Page, Eddie Van Halen, or John Lennon decided not to jam with people?

One can only dream.

Eddie Van Halen doesn't jam with people, he jams over them.

I used to play alone a lot, and I notice there's a tendency to adopt strange rhythms that people have trouble playing along with when you do that... or to not maintain a robust rhythm at all, which sounds neat when you're alone, but adding other instruments becomes difficult.

The more I play with a band (particularly a drummer) the more I develop robust rhythm-keeping. Piano works great alone because of the register range and ability to sound more than 6 notes at a time. Guitar tends to turn out kind of folky, or just like it's missing a part when it's played alone.

Am I the only one who giggled like a cretin the entire time they were reading this thread?

I don't know what you think is so funny... cause the OP finds playing alone to be quite satisfying.:rolleyes:

I "practice" alone and I usually do it until I get a cramp in my hand. When ever I play alone I can stop if I get a cramp. I find it hard to do when playing with others because I feel have to go on. I don't want to disappoint them so I feel I am forced to bear the pain.

It was my day off today and I played alone 3 times, it was WONDERFUL